--- title: Exodus 24:4 (JPS 1917) — And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Who acts: Moses. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moses), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EXO:686 # text = And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 builded build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 under under ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 case _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | Moses | all words of the LORD | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **rise up** | past | Moses *not said here* | | | | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **build** | past | Moses *not said here* | a altar and twelve pillars | | the mount | | accord the twelve tribes of Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset altar=Product | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֵ֚ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּ֥בֶן מִזְבֵּ֖חַ תַּ֣חַת הָהָ֑ר וּשְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה לִשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Exodus 24:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:686` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Exodus 24:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.685/) - next →: [Exodus 24:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.687/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.4/)